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merryfortune · 2 months ago

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Special Reward

Written for the Rarest of Rare Pairs Fic-a-Thon

Prompt:Any: Any/Any - positive reinforcement

Title: Special Reward

Ship: Asuka/Manatsu

Fandom: Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure

Word Count: 3,432

Rating: T

Warning: None

Tags: Clicker Training, Headpats, Affection, Crushes, Kissing

The irritation in the room was palpable.

It was building, mounting, but no one was going to dare say a word. Instead, hostile glances were shared amongst each other, quick as a flash, zigging and zagging through the room and over gritted teeth.

Next week was exam week. From Monday through to Friday, each and every student at Aozora Middle School was going to get nailed, slammed, hammered, and smashed in every subject that they took with the mid-year exams. No one was looking forward to it. It was going to be a gruelling gauntlet with the rest of the year on the line.

So, this week, the week before was study week. It was a time of tenuous alliances, friends, comrades, and allies alike helped each other prep, hashing out the best and worst of studying. It was meant to be a quiet time of reflection disrupted only by the chaos of cramming but Natsuumi Manatsu was very much not helping.

Thus, the level of stress inside of the club room was beginning to go through the roof.

Manatsu couldn’t help herself! She wasn’t studious like the serious Minori nor was she very good at keeping her hands and feet together like the ever prim Sango. She was a ball of kinetic energy and nothing could keep her down. Not even knowing that if she failed even one of her exams next week, her grades for the rest of the year would be brought down by that poor performance putting her middle school diploma in jeopardy.

That kind of pressure was really throwing Manatsu off her game. Even if she was scraping by at just over the bare minimum despite how much effort she put in or how many guesses she threw at the wall during multiple choice questions.

It was a really different atmosphere compared to her schooling so far back in her hometown, or home island, really.

Elementary school really was the training wheels of education, she was realising as algebraic formulas swirled in front of her eyes. Her school being so tiny wasn’t helping either, she had been given a mish mash of everything and none of it was gelling in the face of an actual, proper textbook. And the fact that they were constantly having school outside because “the weather was nice” also gave her so many more opportunities to burn off her ever tumultuous natural rhythm by running around and playing.

For now, the best she could do to channel this frenzy was by being annoying. She can’t help it!

Manatsu was bouncing her leg underneath her chair. Her knee kept hitting the underside of the desk which made the whole desk jostle against Sango’s. Sango was doing her best to ignore it but that just turned her into yet another piece of the Rube Goldberg device which Manatsu had put into motion by simply being Manatsu. As a result, it seemed all her energy ricocheted in every direction, off desks and off the walls.

“Oh, for crying out loud, please, Manatsu, can you cease your incessant fidgeting!” Laura exclaimed, exasperated. Completely and utterly out of patience. She didn’t even need to study! So that’s how bad it was.

“Ah, sorry, I can’t help it.” Manatsu warbled. “I-I’m really struggling.”

“I’m sorry to hear that Manatsu but that’s no reason to take it out on us.” Minori negotiated.

“That’s not what I’m trying to do.” Manatsu replied, her voice twisted as she felt like she was being accused by her clubmates of something heinous when it was a lot more innocent than that. Her heart started to race.

“I-I’d help but… yeah…” Sango murmured, fawning.

Manatsu sighed heavily. Yeah indeed. She already remembered the incident that Sango couldn’t bring herself to refer to, it had been that traumatising for her. Even remembering it, Manatsu shivered. She was a terrible student and Sango was too nice. It got them nowhere except in frustrated circles.

“Oi, oi, quit ganging up on Manatsu.” Asuka piped up like a voice of reason coming through the clouds.

Manatsu’s spirits began to soar. That was her president! She felt her heart begin to race as Asuka got up and sauntered closer to her desk. She began to smile, hopeful that Asuka had an idea to help her and if not, well, having her heart in the right place was more than enough for Manatsu.

After all, she had a ginormous crush on Asuka these days.

It was probably really obvious, actually. Manatsu was a fanatic for her upperclassman and she wasn’t exactly a closed book like others she could name (cough, Minori, cough). She had no intentions of her confessing her feelings but since she felt them so loud and clear, they were probably broadcast well ahead of any coherent confession she could muster.

Besides… They were a third year and a first year… It wasn’t going to work out in the long run, more akin to a fleeting summer memory so Manatsu was happy to babble on as she was. Enjoying the day and seizing it, every memory was precious! Especially when she made them not only with all her friends of the Tropical Club but Asuka especially. She was their president, after all, and with good reason, too.

Asuka was a shining beacon of the kind of person that Manatsu aspired to be. She was level-headed but no nonsense and pursued whatever she put herself into with one-hundred per-cent effort. She got good grades and did great in sports. She always had a plan, too, but could roll with the punches if the going got tough. She was a magnificent upperclassman but there was more to her than that for Manatsu.

Manatsu simply adored Asuka in ways that senpai and kouhai only usually did in soppy J-Dramas and anime.

Though, overall, Manatsu wasn’t sure when aspiration turned into admiration. Probably when it went beyond the inner self qualities that Asuka displayed like leadership and justice, when Manatsu began to enjoy the scent of her shampoo and conditioner. That was a little embarrassing but Cure Flamgino’s charm point was her hair for good reason - even if it made Manatsu feel like a gawky pervert whenever she noticed that silky-sporty smell of argan oil.

Speaking of, there it was, when Asuka pulled up by Manatsu’s desk, put one hand on her hip and used the other to flick her long, red hair off her shoulders. She peered into Manatsu’s workbook and tried to make heads and tails of the chaos on those pages. She hummed thoughtfully which prompted Minori to take a gander too.

“Er. Good luck.” Minori bade her in a tiny voice.

Manatsu chewed her lip. That didn’t bode well and yet.

“Eureka. I have an idea.” Asuka said and her hand unfolded from her nook on her hip, she snapped her fingers.

“You do?” Sango and Laura both inquired sceptically, albeit in different cadences.

“Manatsu, if the problem is that you can’t focus, let’s find a way to re-centre you without disrupting everyone around you.” Asuka said and she picked up Manatsu’s pen. “When you need to think, how about you twist your pen cap around, like so.”

Asuka dramatically pinched the cheap, store bought pen by its bright blue cap between her fingers and everyone stared and stared until. Twist. She demonstrated her idea to the anticipated chagrin of Laura, Minori, and Sango and yet, when the cap twisted to the left, it didn’t so much as squeak. Even though it looked like the shiniest, cheapest plastic, it didn’t make a noise but it did move and that was the main thing.

That was what got Manatsu’s attention. She blinked. She liked the motion of it though. She nodded. It was clear to everyone but her that Asuka was trying to train her akin to Pavlov's dog to associate that pen noise with the headpats but whatever worked, right? Assuming it did, of course.

“O-Okay.” Manatsu said.

“If this works…” Minori said under her breath.

“But wait, there’s more.” Asuka added like an infomercial. “I also think you are struggling with rewards. Studying is boring, amirite?”

“So right!” Manatsu cheered and she punched the air.

“So how’s this for a deal, every time you get a question correct, or can at least do the formula correctly in this math homework, I’ll give you a head pat.”

“Oh, ho, ho, is that bribery and corruption I detect?” Laura teased, laughing.

“Nooo, it’s so cute. And kind.” Sango argued to defend the honour of their beloved club president.

“Okay.” Manatsu mumbled, smiling giddily.

Asuka handed Manatsu her pen back and after this dramatic break, they all returned to their seats for a bit more studying.

Manatsu took a breath and her hand trembled. Her pen quivered and she glanced at Asuka who was studying a desk or two adjacent to her. She nodded her head, gave her a thumbs-up, and the cherry on top was that ever encouraging smile of hers. Manatsu exhaled and that helped a little.

She looked back to her study sheet and felt a little clearer. When she ignored the uzumaki and tempura prawns that she had drawn in her aimless doodling to procrastinate Pythagorean theorems. Still, with Asuka backing her, she felt like she could do anything so she went step-by-step, she gave herself every advantage even though she knew she wouldn’t have them in the exam and when she went in circles, she tried Asuka’s trick.

When she couldn’t think, Manatsu twisted her pen cap around and around. It distracted her long enough to declutter her mind and find it in her to restart rather than agonise. After a couple rounds of trying and distracting herself, voila…

Manatsu got the first question right according to the back of the beat but that was clearly with a lot of help from her notes so she tried again. This time, she cut down on how much she relied on her beginner notes and soon enough, she was doing better than before. Not getting them all right but showing enough work on the right track that she would get half points which could scrape together for a sizable pass.

After trucking along on her own for a while, and more importantly, leaving the others alone so they could study in peace, Asuka checked up on Manatsu.

“How’s it goin’, squirt?” Asuka asked, cheeky and casual.

She leaned on her arm, holding onto the back of Manatsu’s chair for balance. If Manatsu straightened her back, she was able to feel her spine brush up against Asuka’s arm and so, for both their sakes, she didn’t do that. She instead hunkered down, embarrassed that she was still a crapshoot in maths but hey, her aim was getting better.

“It’s getting there.” Manatsu replied.

“I’m glad.” Asuka said and she straightened up.

She looked down on Manatsu and she was caught at just the right angle for the sunset to illuminate her. A sunbeam coloured her even more beautifully than how she normally composed herself and Manatsu felt herself go weak at her knees underneath the desk as Asuka reached out to her and pet her head.

“Good job, good job.” Asuka praised her, sing-songy.

It made Manatsu feel like she was the only girl in the clubroom. Her heart pounded as she relished the feeling of how Asuka’s hand playfully carded through the strands of her hair. She scratched Manatsu’s scalp with her fingers and used her palm to rough her up. It was sweet like how only a cool older sis could be.

“D’you like that?” Asuka teased. Or maybe flirted. If Manatsu could dare to misconstrue Asuka’s jokey personality.

“Er… yeah.” Manatsu replied.

“I’m glad.” Asuka said. “Now, here’s phase two of my three step plan. You listening?”

“Of course!” Manatsu replied and for her enthusiasm, she was rewarded with yet more of a massage to the crown of her head.

“Good.” Asuka smirked and with her free hand, she reached across to Manatsu’s desk to snatch the pen she had set down in her pause. “And you hafta remember it well, too. ‘Cause next week, when you're in an exam and you need a pick-me-up after you know you’ve kicked ass but you’ve still got a bunch of questions on the page, I need you to remember that. Especially when…”

It was at this point, wherein Asuka was being her own one-woman magic show, that Asuka ceased her petting of Manatsu’s head to focus on this next phase in her plan. She brandished the pen, wielding it like a magic wand and then presto. She uncapped it and let it click and flick. The resulting noise was what the others were worried about: another bad habit for Manatsu to pick up and annoy everyone with.

“You hear that noise, got it?”

Manatsu was immediately taken with it. Too enamoured with Asuka to see its potential as a new vector of irritating those around her and so, took it to heart: a strange combination but hey if it worked. So, whenever she got something right, she could do this to her pen.

“Got it!” Manatsu replied, excited, and nodded her head vigorously.

“Great, now, here’s something else to sweeten the pot,” Asuka said, ever so sly but smiling, “when you get all your passes in every class, you have to show me and I’ll give you a special reward.”

Manatsu’s heart thudded in her chest, she nodded again albeit just once this time as she breathily replied, “Got it,” to affirm she understood Asuka’s instructions.

“Perfect.” Asuka winked at her.

“Get a room.” Minori muttered to herself.

Sango hid a giggle with her hand but Laura rolled her eyes, folded her arms entirely unimpressed with this shameless and almost salacious scene. Luckily, it was time to pack up as not even a minute later, Sakuragawa-sensei would come to remind them that they could be dismissed for the day.

Ultimately all her announcement did, however, did was remind them that there were still more days of this hell - and studying - ahead of them. It was never going to end but Manatsu was improving. Miraculously and all thanks to Asuka’s unusual technique of coddling her but the real test would of course be the upcoming exams.

Each day and each period was a different and unique challenge. Manatsu bore a stiff upper lip through all of them. Club activities were cancelled for the week, after all, so students could focus their all on getting good marks. For Manatsu, that incentivised her all the more as she spent half her exams actually answering the questions and the rest daydreaming about Asuka’s headpats via the clicks and twists of her pens.

Hey, that was an improvement on her previous behaviour. Even her other classmates who were not Sango had noticed a marked difference between the old Manatsu and this new Manatsu was a janky mathematical machine. She was no longer kicking her knees under tables or jostling them. One pen click per half an hour was far less innocuous than some would fear, actually.

Still, all those pen clicks and imaginary headpats added up, just like her marks - or so Manatsu could only hope. Since the teachers put so much pressure on the students during this mid-year exam frenzy, it was only right they repaid the students’ hard work by returning their marks post-haste. But even that wasn’t quick enough for Manatsu. She needed to know what Asuka’s special reward for her would be.

Though she had her suspicions. Probably a shoulder punch paired with a “Good job, kiddo,” or maybe some spare lunch money for extra melon-pan if she was extraordinarily lucky. It didn’t matter, big or small, Manatsu would cherish whatever Asuka had in store for her assuming she passed her exams with flying colours.

Still, it was agony, the week of absence, of not knowing if she had passed or failed, that tortured Manatsu all the more than the actual studying beforehand. So when those classes slowly doled out the results, she could have jumped over the moon when she saw her marks. Sixties, seventies, even as high as the eighties in one instance.

“Good job.” Sakuragawa-sensei whispered to her as she passed her exam back. “It looks like Takizawa-san has been a good influence on you.”

“Yeah, she has!” Manatsu replied, a touch too loud which made her teacher laugh.

Sakuragawa didn’t even know the half of it which amused Manatsu. But that was the last exam she needed! Now to go and race to Asuka to get her special reward. As soon as lunch time rolled around, Manatsu rocketed out the door to go chase down her senpai. It simply could not wait until after school at club activities.

Manatsu found Asuka by herself in the shade of a wiry tree on the corner of the quadrangle. She was typically alone. Due to the feathers she had ruffled in the tennis club, she was on the outskirts of her peers in her own year. That meant she could hog the best spots along the school’s courtyard for herself though so it was a decent trade-off. This tree in particular was kind of neglected and even private, funnily enough.

When Asuka saw her, she greeted Manatsu with a hand signal and sucked the last of her juice box.

“What’s up, Manatsu?” she asked.

She got up and dusted her ankle-length skirt. It swished around her ankles and Manatsu stood excitedly in front of her. She bounced on her heels, huffing and puffing in her excitement. She took a deep breath and mustered her loudest voice, only for it to fold in the face of her crush. She let a cuter side out instead of her usual bombastic self.

“I did it.” Manatsu said in a small voice, she clutched all her returned papers in tightly and blushed. “All thanks to you, senpai.”

“Good job, Manatsu. I’m proud of ya.” Asuka replied.

She pet the top of Manatsu’s head for likely the final time. At least until the end of year exams but since Asuka was graduating this year, she mightn’t end up with any time in a couple months’ time to help Manatsu study so she better savour it. The feel and length of her fingers, the warmth on the pads of her digits, the sparkle in her smile as her teeth peeked through.

“So, do you want that special reward?” Asuka asked, cocky.

“Eh? This isn’t it?” Manatsu chirped, surprised.

“Not all of it, no.” Asuka said and she had Manatsu melting underneath her hand.

She massaged Manatsu’s scalp some more, played with her hair and petted her crown. All whilst lowering herself more and more to Manatsu’s level. Manatsu watched, thunderstruck and smiling like a blushing fool, as Asuka came down and kissed her.

The kiss was warm. Asuka’s lips were sun-warmed and tasted like cherry chapstick with a zinc-y consistency. Manatsu kissed back. All bluster, all emotions firing on all cylinders, absolutely no technique as this was her first kiss and she never thought to practise but Asuka laughed into it. She was charmed by Manatsu’s earnestness as she took it nice and slow, languid, taking the lead and allowing Manatsu to just enjoy the ride until she ran out of breath.

Asuka broke off the kiss and laughed, good-naturedly, at Manatsu’s expense as she began to pant. Her heart raced and her brain felt devoid of oxygen: only Asuka in its place.

“You're so cute, Manatsu,” Asuka said, “and I’m happy you passed your exams. You worked hard and you earned that special reward.” Her voice turned cool and slinky.

“Th-Thank you.” Manatsu stuttered through a massive but wonky grin.

Her crush on Asuka really was that blatant, wasn’t it? She was flattered, of course. This was better than a dream come true since not only was she kissing her beloved club president, she was getting an above average (by her standards, anyway) passing grade.

Asuka flashed her another one of her signature smirks, “Let’s keep working hard to the end of the year, yeah?” She gave a fist pump.

“Yeah!” Manatsu cheered.

The “to the end of the year” stuck out like a sore thumb in Asuka’s encouragement of her. It was a little bittersweet but for reasons that Manatsu had puzzled out well ahead of this back and forth of special rewards but that was more than enough for her with her head in the clouds with her crush on Asuka.

#femslash #tropical rouge precure #tropical rouge pretty cure #precure #tropical rouge #asumana #asuka x manatsu #asuka takizawa #natsuumi manatsu #writing tag #special reward #this fic is lowkey inspired by a moot who showed me clicker training kinda neuron activating tbh #rarest of rare pairs ficathon

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cure-mango · 7 months ago

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Precure x MLP

What I think the characters would be (only doing the seasons I've watched)

Nagisa/Cure Black - Pegasus

Honoka/Cure White - Unicorn

Hikari/Shiny Luminous - Earth Pony

Saki/Cure Bloom - Earth Pony

Mai/Cure Egret - Pegasus

Hibiki/Cure Melody - Unicorn

Kanade/Cure Rhythm - Earth Pony

Ellen/Cure Beat - Changling

Ako/Cure Muse - Alicorn (wears clothes that hide wings so everybody thinks she's a unicorn)

Miyuki/Cure Happy - Earth Pony

Akane/Cure Rouge - Pegasus

Yayoi/Cure Peace - Pegasus

Nao/Cure March - Earth Pony

Reika/Cure Beauty - Unicorn

Ayumi/Cure Echo - Earth Pony

Megumi/Cure Lovely - Earth Pony

Hime/Cure Princess - Alicorn

Yuuko/Cure Honey - Earth Pony

Iona/Cure Fortune - Pegasus

Seiji - Earth Pony

Haruka/Cure Flora - Earth Pony (Turns into Alicorn when transformed)

Minami/Cure Mermaid - Unicorn (Turns into Alicorn when transformed)

Kirara/Cure Twinkle - Pegasus (Turns into Alicorn when transformed)

Towa/Cure Scarlet - Alicorn

Mirai/Cure Miracle - Earth Pony

Riko/Cure Magical - Unicorn

Kotoha/Cure Felice - Breezie

Ichika/Cure Whip - Earth Pony

Himari/Cure Custard - Earth Pony

Aoi/Cure Gelato - Earth Pony

Yukari/Cure Macaron - Unicorn

Akira/Cure Chocolat - Pegasus

Ciel/Cure Parfait - Pegasus

Rio/Pikario - Unicorn

Bibury - Pegasus

Hana/Cure Yell - Unicorn

Saaya/Cure Ange - Earth Pony

Homare/Cure Etoile - Pegasus

Emiru/Cure MaCherie - Unicorn

Ruru/Cure Amour - Earth Pony shaped Android

Henri/Cure Infini - Pegasus

Hikaru/Cure Star - Earth Pony

Elena/Cure Soleil - Kirin

Madoka/Cure Selene - Unicorn

Lala/Cure Milky & Yuni/Cure Cosmo - still aliens but more pony shaped aliens

Nodoka/Cure Grace - Earth Pony

Chiyu/Cure Fontaine - Pegasus

Hinata/Cure Sparkle - Earth Pony

Asumi/Cure Earth - Pegasus (Was Alicorn when born but gave up her horn)

Manatsu/Cure Summer - Pegasus

Sango/Cure Coral - Unicorn

Minori/Cure Papaya - Earth Pony

Asuka/Cure Flamingo - Pegasus

Laura/Cure La Mer - Seapony/Hippogriff

Yui/Cure Precious - Earth Pony

Kokone/Cure Spicy - Unicorn

Ran/Cure Yum Yum - Pegasus

Amane/Cure Finale - Unicorn

Takumi/Black Pepper - Earth Pony

Sora/Cure Sky - Pegasus

Mashiro/Cure Prism - Unicorn

Tsubasa/Cure Wing - Disabled Pegasus

Ageha/Cure Butterfly - Earth Pony

Ellee/Cure Majesty - Alicorn

Preme/Cure Supreme - Earth Pony (Alicorn as Supreme)

Cure Puca - Alicorn

Komugi/Cure Wonderful - Dog/Earth Pony

Iroha/Cure Friendy - Earth Pony

Yuki/Cure Nyammy - Cat/Unicorn

Mayu/Cure Lillian - Unicorn

Satoru - Pegasus

#precure #futari wa precure #futari wa precure max heart #futari wa precure splash star #suite precure #smile precure #happiness charge precure #go princess precure #mahou tsukai precure #kirakira precure a la mode #hugtto precure #star twinkle precure #healin good precure #tropical rouge precure #delicious party precure #hirogaru sky precure #wonderful precure #mlp #i'm not tagging everyone

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blogyogawp · 2 years ago

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Here’s the images of Precure Sisters with Shield Sunglasses (Doki Doki x Star Twinkle (Akira Takahashi), Go! Princess x Tropical-Rouge! (Yukiko Nakatani), Part 2)

Mana Aida & Hikaru Hoshina

Rikka Hishikawa & Yuni

Alice Yotsuba & Elena Amamiya

Makoto Kenzaki & Madoka Kaguya

Regina & Lala Hagoromo

Haruka Haruno & Manatsu Natsuumi

Minami Kaidou & Laura La Mer

Kirara Amanogawa & Minori Ichinose

Towa Akagi & Asuka Takizawa

Yui Nanase & Sango Suzumura

The illustrations number 1 to 5 are credited to Pixiv user licht (Pixiv ID 31108704), while the illustrations number 6 to 10 are credited to Pixiv user Romantic Utopic/Romauto (Pixiv ID 33586646)

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bottom-of-everything · 4 years ago

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Thoughts on Episodes 1-6 of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure

Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure is my first precure, and it has completely hooked me on the series. A couple months ago I endeavored to become more knowledgeable on the magical girl genre, because it housed some of my favorite works like Revolutionary Girl Utena and Puella Magia Madoka Magica. I started off by watching some classic, but once I head that a new precure season was starting up I endeavored to watch it week by week to educate myself more on the modern magical girl genre rather than solely consuming the classics. So after watching the first 6 episodes of this iteration of precure I have some observations (in short it is fantastic).

***Spoilers Below***

This iteration of precure seems to be about fighting against the urge to procrastinate, since the big bad is the Procrastination Witch and the Manatsu family motto is “Do whatever you think is the most important thing right this moment!” While this motto is a bit of a mouthful I feel like it will play into the main theme of this season quite well. I do love how the theme of procrastination plays into the cast of villains being terminally lazy; it makes them much more endearing characters that I almost want to root for. All in all though, the main theme is not particularly interesting because of how simplistic, but this seems in line for precure since it is a show for preteens.

One of the biggest and most obvious sub-themes of Tropical-Rouge seems to be makeup; this theme is so prevalent it is literally in the name, since rouge is a type of makeup used for adding color to your cheeks or lips. Manatsu describes makeup by saying, “Whenever you find it hard to summon your courage, you can use makeup to psyche yourself up.” She constantly espouses the empowering feeling of wearing makeup to her friends in order to get them hyped up to do what they need to do. The idea that makeup is able to summon courage likely comes from the idea that makeup allows women and girls to project a more confident exterior, which can allow people to build more confidence in themselves. This is then further reinforced when the cures’ transformation sequences has them putting on makeup to literally become more powerful. The cures even use their lipstick as their finishing weapons against the Dontwanna’s. It is going to be interesting to see if this theme is explored more, since it seems so essentially to the show’s visual language.

Tropical-Rogue also seems like it will draw a lot on the story of the little mermaid considering its prevalence in the episode that Minori was introduced. Due to this Little Mermaid theme, I assume Laura is going to end up having to make a deal with either her mother or the Procrastination Witch in order to become a human so she can become a precure to protect her friends. My guess is that the cost of her wish is that she’ll never be able to be the queen, but she is willing to sacrifice that for her friends. Then in the finale she’ll sacrifice herself and turn to sea foam, but she’ll be reincarnated (like at the end of the original Little Mermaid) so that she can become queen and remain friends with the other precure. Additionally, they definitely seem be be teasing a Manatsu x Laura romance due to how they met at a rock with a heart carved into it. This romance can help make Laura’s sacrifice to save the precures have that much more meaning.

Tropical-Rogue has also been able to hook me into a number of the character plotlines. The one I’m most interested in at the moment is Asuka’s plot with the student council president that made her disillusioned with the concept of allies. I always love seeing people learning to trust again after their trust has been broken. Minori’s plot also seems pretty interesting with her losing her passion for fiction after having one of her works rejected by someone she respects. As someone who is recently getting into writing it would be pretty disheartening for that I respect to call my writing shit, and I would love to see that explored.

TL;DR As any one who has read this can tell, I am loving this show. It has very interesting themes that I am excited to see explored more. All of the characters are so incredibly endearing and I already care about each and everyone of them immensely, so I am thrilled to see their character arc progress.

#precure #pretty cure #tropical-rouge! pretty cure #tropical rouge #tropical rouge precure

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ekopratama29-blog · 7 years ago

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[ Blog Translte ] Yoda Yuki Blog 2017/12/13 halo semua yoda yuki disini kemarin setelah sekian lama, ibu ku datang dari fukuoka senang banget kalo ada keluarga yang datang dia sampai nyuci baju juga hehe.. aku menghargainya sekarang dan menghargainya yang telah dilakukannya dulu tapi dia melakukannya dengan baik terlebih seperti style sumo dan tentu saja, aku kalah ibu ku kuat banget (¯ ▽ ¯) hari ini aku bernyanyi pokemon master di kolaborasi musik festival FNS hari kedua adik ku suka pokemon dan aku ikut terpengaruh dan melihatnya dengan baik aku senang dapat bernyanyi lagu yang aku dengar ketika aku kecil "pikachu"nya riria dan manatsusan benar benar lucu setelah selesai aku mendapatkan cd dengan tanda tangan matsumoto rika-san, dan ada juga DVD nya aku seperti menang dengan janken mengejutkan! aku mau pamer ke adik ku pada hari pertama FNS aku tampil di nigemizu setelah sekian lama nanase san sebenarnya ini pertama kali aku bertemu nanase rambut pendek pada saat gladi bersih setelah sekian lama tidak bertemu aku berkata "e~" dan memberiku pelukan, aku senang sekali senior yang paling banyak aku ambil foto berdua, dalam hati ku berkata ~aku suka~ aku juga mendapatkan chokochokodada pada fns ini aku mendapat kesempatan untuk dekat dengan seniorku setelah sekian lama mencoba kostum offshore dengan Manatsu-san pergi ke mini market dan makan dengan Takayama-san melihat Yuri-san tersenyum-senyum Hoshino-san yang lucu mengatakan lucu kepada ku memeluk Ikoma-san ketika pulang bersama dan memfoto muka tidur ku shinuichi san menarik tangan ku untuk berfoto mengontak ikuta san untuk mendapatkan sup menyelinap dan belajar diam-diam dengan reika san dan misa senpai menempel di kulit Nakata-san yang lembut melihat langsung inoue-san yang mengantuk ketika mata ku bertemu dengan mata Matsumura-san berbicara banyak dan diejek pendek oleh Shiraishi-san sampai selesai masih kepikiran didepan Asuka-san berguling-guling dan tertawa, menempel dan tertidur waa~ aku ingin menulis semua nya tetapi sepertinya tidak yakin hehe tetapi benar-benar semuanya ramah dan sopan kepada gen 3 dan para fans bisa berada disini bena benar membahagiakan karena aku bahagia aku akan berusaha lebih keras lagi aku ingin berusaha lagi! itu yang selalu aku pikir Ada banyak hal tapi jika Anda tidak melupakan perasaan ini, kalian bisa mengatasi banyak hal! senangnya~~ yak! ini adalah perkelahian lewat jendela antara tarou dan ganzou haha mereka juga teman kok lucu~~ lalu! kalian menyadarinya kah? aku menggunting rambutku sekitar 10 cm tidak ada yang berbeda banget tetapi karena terus tumbuh aku ingin mengguntingnya karena manusianya kecil maka emosinya naik hahaha aku dibilang renka hanya rambutnya yang cepat tumbuh gak gitu! tidak sopan! haha momochan juga 5x lebih panjangnya pada hari itu terakhir info! BOMB san mendapatkan cover dengan ikuta-san pertamakalinya syuting dengan dia sangat menyenangkan melakukan tarian aneh untuk pertunjukan live dengan piano mungil punggung Ikuta, postur lurus dan indah itu sangat indah ~ Ketika saya melihat dengan seksama aku juga mencium bau yang hebat! Nogizaka 46 x Weekly Playboy 2017 foto syuting pertama ketika kehidupan ku di nogizaka tahun lalu tidak mungkin, kali ini aku menjadi covernya aku benar-benar menghargainya unit dengan nanase san? ada juga halaman seperti itu, favoritku dan ada juga diagram korelasi dan dialog untuk gen 3, jadi lihat ya Weekly Shonen Sunday dapat cover juga dengan Asuka-san dan momochan menikmati suasana natal dengan 3 orang yang aku cintai hari ini dijual! next update tanggal 25 natal! natal yang aku tulis di blog tanggal 1 akhirnya datang mau ngapain ya masih mikir aku akan menulisnya di blog selanjutnya dan kostum santa untuk handshake udah datang pundaknya lucu aku akan menunggu kalian di sendai dah! goodnight

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yasukuansoni · 7 years ago

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Spring 2017 survey results analysis!

Spreadsheet (I'm not sure if it's easier to read but I think it's getting prettier! In certain places, anyway) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz1ZO5A480-5eW4wTlRMaE1DTU0 Perhaps easier to read here: http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?threads/seasonal-sakamichi-polls-spring-poll-closed-results-coming-soon.14672/page-7#post-1326979 Charts and photos of senbatsu: http://imgur.com/a/8M2zC Introduction

Survey series background. This survey was the 6th in a series of polls investigating the popularity of Sakamichi Series members among the international (specifically English speaking) fan community. In addition to measuring member popularity, this series also features some interesting questions about management styles and other aspects about the groups, many of which were requested by the community. The survey now spans over 1.5 years, including the entirety of Keyakizaka’s career.

Timing of the survey. This survey (Spring 2017) was conducted a little later than planned from late April through to early May, running for a total of two weeks. Since the last survey, Nogizaka have released their 17th single and Keyakizaka their 4th. Nogizaka’s 3rd generation have made their debut on Nogizaka Under Construction and their own show, Nogibingo 8 has begun. Hiragana have started making regular appearances on Keyaki tte, Kakenai? as well. Finally, we saw Watanabe Risa become Keyakizaka’s first exclusive model, a “scandal” featuring low tier popularity Nogizaka46 members Kawamura Mahiro and Wada Maaya, and far too many Nogizaka member photobooks to list.

Questions. The survey asked for your favourite members, who you want to see in centre, who you want to see in senbatsu, which two members you “ship”, which members you dislike, which group you prefer and which your oshimen is from, your predictions on future sales, and your opinions on a hypothetical 3rd Sakamichi group, Hirate Yurina’s centreship, Nogizaka choosing centres, and finally Nogizaka’s 3rd gen and Hiragana Keyaki in their respective senbatsu. Responses. This survey received 322 responses, making it the largest so far in the series. I was particularly interested in recruiting a large sample (rather than just my friends) so I could get a genuine feel for the international community and so that my own biases wouldn’t play too large a role. I’m happy many different people were willing to help spread the survey and find a diverse group of fans. Questions and Terminology All Favourites (AF). Choose all favourite members. Participants can select as many members as they like. Oshimen (OM). Choose number one favourite member (oshimen). Participants can only select one member. Centre Hopefuls(CH). Choose all members you would like to see take the centre position in the next few (I always suggest 3) singles. Overall (OA). A combination of the scores for AF and OM. Dislikes (DL). Choose all the members you “don’t really like”. Participants can choose as many as they like. This is the first time I asked for this.

Nogizaka popularity

Goddesses As with every survey so far, Ikuta Erika and Nishino Nanase remain in 1st and 2nd overall. Both have relatively fallen in terms of their percentage scores particularly Nishino, who is currently the closest she has been to being overtaken by 3rd since last Spring, with only 7 points between her and Saito Asuka. It’s Asuka’s first time in the top 3 and in fact for the first few days she was leading the poll and it seemed like she might end in 1st. She is mainly held back by her OM score, falling from 3rd to 6th in OM with a significant points loss this round. With a small points loss in AF, Shiraishi Mai fell one place to 3rd despite what appears to be booming popularity in Japan. Finally, ending the Goddess tier is Hori Miona. Hori had been engaging in what seemed like it would be an eternal struggle for 3rd place with Shiraishi but has remained at 5th and appears to have been replaced by Saito Asuka for this role. However, all is far from last. The points difference between Hori and Shiraishi is minimal, and Hori is still far ahead of the other members outside the tier. Demigoddesses and The Third Wind There is a large gap between Goddesses and Demigoddesses this round, partially responsible for this is the absence of Hashimoto Nanami (former 6th). The ranks were retroactively adjusted to account for Hashimoto’s absence (by reranking the group without her). Takayama Kazumi and Wakatsuki Yumi “remained” at 6th and 7th, with Takayama topping the Demi tier by a large margin. Despite a minor point drop Eto Misa managed to rise two places to 8th over taking former 8th and 9th Sakurai Reika and Ikoma Rina. 9th and 10th this round are new entries to the Demi tier. The “monster rookies” Yamashita Mizuki and Yoda Yuki. Yamashita almost doubled her score and jumped from 21st to 9th and Yoda came close to tripling hers, rising from 27th to 10th. Most of the 3rd gen have performed amazing this round, including Ozono Momoko (29th to 18th), Kubo Shiori (32rd to 19th), Iwamoto Renka (38th to 21st) and Ito Riria (37th to 23rd). While some 1st and 2nd gens made significant point gains, few could gain ranks, unable to push back against the third wind. Ito Marika (jumping from 20th to 17th, with her highest score yet) was the major exception, with Terada Ranze being the only member to gain a rank (up one to 15th). Nogizaka Senbatsu and Centre hopefuls This time the senbatsu selection was done a little different. Rather than choosing which senbatsu members to keep and which unders to promote it asked respondents to choose senbatsu members from each generation. Then two versions are made: (1) the top (average number of selected members) from the group regardless of what gen they’re from and (2) the top (average number of selected members from each generation’s question). The 2nd version is used if we want to take into consideration how many members fans want from each generation. This round you selected on average 18 members. Divided by gen that’s 11 first gens, 4 second gens and 3 third gens. Notable entries: Terada Ranze returns for her second senbatsu already, Watanabe makes her senbatsu debut and, even in version 1, Yamashita Mizuki enters senbatsu. In version 2, the additional entries are Ozono Momoko and Yoda Yuki, but Kubo Shiori is really close. Centre Hopefuls sees Ikuta Erika rank 1st for the 5th time in a row (I’ve only asked this question five times). As usual the gap between her and 2nd is very large, and widening. She is the only member to score above 35%, and is somewhere around 50% each round. Shiraishi Mai fell from 2nd for the first time ever, perhaps thanks to her return to (double) centre. She now sits at 4th behind Saito Asuka and Hori Miona. Hori has hovered between 3rd and 4th since the beginning but this was a big jump for Saito, who ranked 7th in Winter. She made a similar jump last Spring to 3rd, she then made her centre debut, are fans hoping for a return? The 3rd gens did surprisingly well in this question, too, with “ace” Yamashita Mizuki ranking 9th with 13% of respondents selecting her. Nogizaka Dislikes This time I added dislikes, risking a bit of controversy. I wasn’t sure myself if it would be worth the potential fallout, but looking at the results I wish I started doing it sooner. Not that I’m happy to see dislikes, but they made me curious. I wish I had asked this question before so I could see the dislikes as a trend, and know if x (scandal, etc.) increased the number of dislikes. To see these trends, I’m going to continue asking this question. It will always be optional, though (as all questions are) and I’ll make sure it stands out (like it does now) in the results. Matsumura Sayuri got the most dislikes in Nogizaka with 44, but only ranked 4th for likes as a percentage of overall (all favourites + oshimen votes). She was followed by Ikoma Rina (40 votes, 7th by percentage) and Akimoto Manatsu (38, 8th in %). Ranks 4~6 were the top 3 for percentage: Wada Maaya, 1st for percentage with dislikes equalling 135% of her overall points; Kawamura Mahiro, 3rd for percentage with 83%; and Kawago Hina, 2nd for percentage with 95%. Both Wada and Kawamura were involved in a scandal recently, though Kawago was not. Yoda Yuki was the least disliked Nogizaka member both by votes (tie with Terada Ranze) and percentage. For percentage Terada and Ikuta Erika were close behind in 2nd and 3rd. One of the charts shows overall scores with dislikes taken into consideration. There were a lot of major differences, including one plummet down 14 ranks.

Keyakizaka popularity

Goddesses Hirate Yurina keeps the #1 position in overall, this is the 4th survey she topped out of 6. This puts her in 1st every survey since the group’s debut excluding Autumn where she lost to Nagahama Neru by less than one point. Hirate lost points in both AF and OM yet she remains on top of each by a decent margin. Nagahama returned to 2nd after a brief drop to 4th in the last survey, with 2nd place in OM and 3rd in AF. Sugai Yuuka beat Nagahama for 2nd in AF but her low OM (fell to 6th from 2nd in winter) kept her behind overall. The Power Six Rather than separate these between Goddess and Demis I wanted to highlight the amazing competition between the members who ranked. In order of final rank these are: Shida Manaka, Imaizumi Yui, Watanabe Risa, Moriya Akane, Kobayashi Yui and Watanabe Rika. I first noticed about halfway through the polling period that these 6 members were within only one or two votes of each other even though they had so many (around 75 each, at the time). This near-tie continued for a very long time before they eventually began separating near the end. Watanabe Rika and Moriya’s high OM scores compensated for their low AF scores, and Imaizumi and Kobayashi’s decent AF scores did the same for their low OM scores. In terms of changes over the winter poll, the only standout result was Kobayashi, who made a huge point gain and went up a whole league of popularity, reaching a new record score, more than twice her score last spring. Other notable changes and Hiragana members Kanji Keyaki didn’t see many big changes with the major exception of Habu Mizuho who jumped back from 21st to 16th a large rise in score, her largest since last Spring, and also Harada Aoi who managed to reduce some of her huge drop last round (24th), now returning to 21st. Hiragana members had a few more major changes. Saito Kyoko replaced Kakizaki Memi as New-Hiragana’s highest ranking member at 18th. They actually swapped ranks with Kakizaki (now 23rd overall) taking Saito’s previous position as 4th in New-Hiragana. Kato Shiho and Sasaki Mirei were tied for 2nd last round but now Kato has gained the advantage pushing Sasaki back to 3rd. Keyakizaka Senbatsu Copied from Nogizaka – This time the senbatsu selection was done a little different. Rather than choosing which senbatsu members to keep and which unders to promote it asked respondents to choose senbatsu members from each team. Then two versions are made: (1) the top (average number of selected members) from the group regardless of what team they’re from and (2) the top (average number of selected members from each team’s question). The 2nd version is used if we want to take into consideration how many members fans want from each team. The respondents really showed how much they want all Kanjis to be in the next single. All Kanji-only members ranked before all Hiragana members (including Hiragana-Kanji kennin member Nagahama Neru). Next was Nagahama who ranked ahead of all Hiragana-only members. To be honest, this is probably because a number of fans forgot Nagahama is a Hiragana member and chose “none” without checking. But, in my defence, she is officially a Hiragana member first, with her kennin in Kanji. In any case, it would be unethical to change the results based on what I call mistakes so I must stick with the answers I have. As for the different versions of the results, using method 1 result with 18 members, all from Kanji Keyaki. Compared with the usual senbatsu, Ishimori Nijika, Ozeki Rika and Nagahama Neru are out. Using method 2, users chose 16 Kanji Keyaki members and 3 Hiragana Keyaki members, totalling in 19 (though both were only a few votes away from rounding down to 15 and 2). Method 2 sees Oda Nana and Saito Fuyuka removed from senbatsu, replaced with Nagahama Neru, Kato Shiho and Saito Kyoko. Centre Hopefuls Hirate Yurina ranked 1st in CH for the 2nd time. I wasn’t sure if she would rise or fall as the number of songs she centres rises but indeed her score rose slightly. Imaizumi Yui managed to stay in 2nd though her score continues to drop, with increasing speed. I expected this as she is being moved further from the centre and has recently entered hiatus to take care of her health. Nagahama Neru fell slightly no longer tying for 2nd but only a few points behind in 3rd. The most impressive rise was the new model, Watanabe Risa moving from 8th to 5th, swapping with Shida Manaka who went from 5th to 8th. Ironically, rank-wise, Hiragana members performed much better in CH than the senbatsu question. Kato Shiho jumped from 28th to 11th, becoming the highest ranking new Hiragana member, with Kakizaki Memi moving up one to 12th and Sasaki Mirei making her own big jump, from 30th to 16th. Keyakizaka Dislikes Copied from Nogizaka – This time I added dislikes, risking a bit of controversy. I wasn’t sure myself if it would be worth the potential fallout, but looking at the results I wish I started doing it sooner. Not that I’m happy to see dislikes, but they made me curious. I wish I had asked this question before so I could see the dislikes as a trend, and know if x (scandal, etc.) increased the number of dislikes. To see these trends, I’m going to continue asking this question. It will always be optional, though (as all questions are) and I’ll make sure it stands out (like it does now) in the results. Ishimori Nijika received the most dislikes in Keyakizaka, and also ranked 2nd for most dislikes as a percentage of overall votes (AF+OM), with 51%. I’m not sure what exactly brought this about, one reason why I wish I did dislikes before to see if this happened suddenly/recently or if it was always a trend. Ozeki Rika came next for votes and 3rd for percentage an Iguchi Mao 3rd for votes and 1st for percentage (by a lot: her dislikes were 83% the size of her overall score). These are a little more predictable, as I often see people complaining about their personalities. Nagahama Neru came 4th, the highest ranking popular member. I was expecting more for Saito Fuyuka, to be honest, after some controversy about her comments about not filling Imaizumi Yui’s absence from a music TV performance which were perceived by some online as being insensitive toward Hiragana members, but she only ranked 8th (5th by percentage). The least disliked member by both votes and percentage was Sugai Yuuka. For percentage, she was followed by Kobayashi Yui, who also tied for 2nd least votes with 4 Hiragana members. One of the charts shows overall scores with dislikes taken into consideration. There were a few big differences, including Nagahama Neru falling from 2nd to 4th, and Kobayashi Yui rising from 8th to 6th.

Miscellaneous

Next single sales

I asked what respondents thought the weekly sales figures would be for the next release of each groups. Based on 276 answers, the average fan thought Nogizaka’s 18th single would sell 923k copies in its first week, up 48k over Influencer. The most common answer was 900k with 53 votes. With 272 responses, Keyaki’s 5th single averaged at 728k, up 95k over Fukyouwaon. The most common answer for Keyakizaka was 700k with 71 votes. If the predictions turned out to be accurate and the predicted growth continued, Nogizaka would reach 1 million in one week for their 20th single (Keyaki’s 7th), Keyakizaka would reach it on their 8th (Nogi’s 21st) and Keyakizaka would eventually overtake Nogizaka on their 10th/23rd singles (respective). Nogizaka Centre and New Gens I asked how Nogizaka’s management should choose centres. This probably reflects Keyakizaka-only fans’ opinions on how Keyaki should choose their centre if they do ever change it as Keyakizaka-only fans didn’t answer this one less than Keyaki questions. The idea of choosing based on concept or to match a song was the most popular by far, and was the only option accepted by more than 50% of responses. Rotating to make many members popular, and giving it to young members were the next most popular and shared a common thread in that they were both strategies for making members popular as a way of investing in the group’s future. The unpopular options were giving the centre to whoever is most popular, giving it to the most talented member, or having a way for fans to directly select the centre. It could be said these are similar in that they seem to be about rewarding members rather than building the future and perhaps that idea isn’t popular. I also asked if the respondents felt members from Nogizaka’s 3rd gen should enter senbatsu or not. I assigned values to the “yes” options (1), “soon” options (2) and “no” options (3), and used these to calculate an average response of 1.9, indicating “soon” (i.e. not yet) but leaning slightly toward “yes”. The most common answer was indeed “soon”, with the most common “yes” answer/reasoning being that some are ready and the most common “no” response/reasoning was that the 2nd gens need to all make their senbatsu debuts first. Hiragana Keyaki in Senbatsu Because I predicted they might be a bit more controversial (in a good way – a good source of discussion) the Hiragana in senbatsu and Hirate’s centre position questions had more complex questions. Respondents were asked whether they agree or not with 7 statements regarding new Hiragana members being included in Keyakizaka’s senbatsu. The content was based on discussions I often see in the international community. To summarise the results briefly: More than any other question respondents were against the idea of Hiragana members never being included in senbatsu. However, despite the results swinging toward “disagree”, many still agreed with the idea of all Kanji members always being included, and it is difficult to imagine the number of senbatsu members being increased to more than 21. The most agreed with statement (while still close to even) was that Hiragana need to wait until all the Kanji members have experienced being positioned in the first row (even though including new Hiragana members and featuring the remaining three Kanji members in the front row aren’t mutually exclusive, there appears to be a symbolic issue here). Indeed, in accordance with this result and the results seen in the 5th single senbatsu selection earlier, respondents on average chose to not include Hiragana in the 5th single. Also, despite a majority feeling Kanji reaching the first row is important enough to have Hiragana members wait for, respondents generally disagreed that Hiragana members should have the same chance if they eventually enter senbatsu. A slight majority feel that they have been waiting long enough for the chance as one year has passed since their entry and only a small number of responses felt no one in Hiragana is ready for senbatsu. Hirate Yurina’s centre position This question was divided into three parts. The first part asked when respondents thought Keyakizaka should change centre for the first time. Results were almost split between changing for the 5th (40.8%) and 6th (40.1%) singles. Keeping Hirate for both but changing sometime next year was far less popular (12.5%) and keeping Hirate until she graduates was even less popular (6.6%). The next two parts were more enlightening. I asked why people think Keyaki should change centre and the same for why not. It was the first time I included a question like that in a survey, usually I look around for opinions and then add those opinions as options. This method took a lot longer to analyse and some might disagree with the categories I broke the responses down to but I tried to represent the results as accurately as I could. There were many more responders for why Keyakizaka should change centre. Out of a total of 156 responders, 60 said they felt Hirate should take a break/is under too much pressure. 51 said changing centre would make things more interesting, or that the perma-centre is boring, or worried about it becoming boring. 48 said other members should also get promotion which I distinguished from 30 who said there’s too much focus on Hirate and the group needs more popular members (similarly 8 said Keyakizaka needs back up centres, someone who can take over Hirate is unable to perform). Other responses included worries about Hirate gaining antis or straining relations with the other members. Of the 96 responses, most of the arguments listed were about why Hirate is suited for the position. The most popular of these was a rather broad category I titled “Techi fanaticism” (35 votes). These included general comments such as “Techi is the undisputed CENTRE”, “it feels like Techi was born to be centre”, and so on. I distinguished them from people who mentioned her “aura” (15 votes), her skill (10) and her popularity (7). Other than comments on Hirate herself, 11 didn’t believe there was any member capable of taking over at this point, 10 argued that by keeping Hirate in centre they can establish a stronger presence with the general public. Other responses were waiting for things like the front row rotation (7), or were satisfied with the way things are and took a “don’t fix what isn’t broken” approach (7 specifically about Hirate, 6 who like stability in general). "Shipping" Another new question was asking respondents to submit their favourite pairs, the members they “ship”. This question was skipped a lot and I got some negative feedback, so I probably won’t be doing it again, but it was an interesting experience. For Nogizaka, the most popular pair was Sakurai Reika x Wakatsuki Yumi (49 points) followed by Shiraishi Mai x Matsumura Sayuri (21) with points dropping quite low after that. For Keyakizaka there was a bit more variation. Shida Manaka x Watanabe Risa (49) came first followed by the captain pair Sugai Yuuka x Moriya Akane (30 points), Hirate Yurina x Nagahama Neru (27) and the more recently featured Nagasawa Nanako x Watanabe Rika (21). For Nogizaka the most shipped member was Shiraishi Mai (55) followed by Wakatsuki Yumi (53) and Sakurai Reika (50), though the members shipped with the most members were Ikuta Erika (12) and Nishino Nanase (11). For Keyakizaka the most shipped members were Watanabe Risa (73) and Shida Manaka (66), with Watanabe Risa and Hirate Yurina tied for being shipped with most members (9 each). Fan alignment Almost every survey I ask respondents which group they are a fan of on a scale of 1-to-7 where 1 is Nogizaka purist and 7 is Keyakizaka purists. This one was almost exactly even. On average the 316 respondents to this question chose 3.99. So basically, even (4), with the smallest Nogizaka leanings. Meanwhile for their overall (well, Sakamichi) oshimen, 42.5% of respondents chose their Nogizaka oshimen, 30.6% chose their Keyakizaka oshimen and 26.9% couldn’t decide between the two. I broke down the results to the miscellaneous questions by fan alignment (the 1-to-7 rating) to see if there are any significant differences between primarily Nogizaka fans and primarily Keyakizaka fans. Of course, the Sakamichi oshimen was very clear cut. Almost everyone chose the group they were closest aligned to. Sales predictions also showed bias. On average people predicted higher sales for the group they are aligned with than the overall average. One peculiar exception was the ‘3’ group (leaning Nogi) made some of the highest Keyakizaka predictions and one of the lowest Nogizaka predictions. Nogizaka-leaning fans were inclined to choose earlier responses for when Keyakizaka should change centre than Keyakizaka- leaning fans, though among Nogizaka fans the closer they were to Keyakizaka the earlier they chose (‘3’ was the earliest at 1.5, exactly between the 5th and 6th singles). Nogizaka fans were also much more likely to want to see Hiragana in senbatsu soon, supporting Hiragana’s debuts across the whole section. The reverse was also true, though to a smaller extent, Keyakizaka leaning fans were also more interested in seeing Nogizaka’s 3rd gen in Nogizaka’s senbatsu now or soon, compared to Nogizaka fans, particularly Nogizaka purists. In choosing centres, Keyakizaka fans stood out in overwhelmingly voting for choosing centres based on concept/to match a song, an option which was also popular with Nogizaka fans, but the other popular options, rotation and investing in younger members, were more competitive.

#Seasonal Sakamichi Polls #sakamichi series #nogizaka46 #keyakizaka46 #Japanese idols

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recentanimenews · 5 years ago

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Meet Comedian Candidate Girls in TV Anime MAESETSU! Teaser PV

For its premiere in 2020, a public presentation for the upcoming original anime MAESETSU! - Opening Act- was held in Akihabaraha yesterday on January 7, 2020. A teaser PV to introduce its main characters screened at the event for the first time is now also streamed on KADOKAWA's official anime YouTube channel. In Japanese entertainment, "Maesetsu" usually means a short introduction talk before TV show recordings performed by assistant directors or rookie comedians. The anime's story centers on eight girls' struggles in the comedy entertainment business.

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Main voice cast introduced in the clip (in order of appearance):

Unit "Tokonatsu"

- Fubuki Kitakaze: Aguri Ohnishi

- Mafuyu Kogarashi: Naomi Ozora

Unit "R凸"

- Rin Araya: Hiromi Igarashi

- Nayuta Asougi: Sakura Nakamura

Unit "Tsundora"

- Manatsu Kogarashi: Yuuki Takada

- Kanae Kanari: Nozomi Furuki

Unit "JK Cool"

- Eru Kusaba: Asuka Aida

- Arashi Waraino: Ayaka Shimizu

Main voice cast at the presentation:

????新春作品発表会、ありがとうございました！???? ????「まえせつ！」新春作品発表会???? 本日は足下の悪い中、会場から溢れる程のお客様にご来場頂き、誠にありがとうございました！???? 次回のイベントは、1/17(金)に阿佐ヶ谷ロフトAにて！お待ちしております????#まえせつ pic.twitter.com/Fqi0KgsXYO

— TVアニメ「まえせつ！」公式 (@maesetsu_anime) January 7, 2020

Main staff:

Original story: Mugendai∞

Original story illustrator: Kagami Yoshimizu

Director: Yu Nobuta

Series composition: Touko Machida (SHOW BY ROCK!!)

Screenplay: Toko Machida, Shouta Goto, Joe Ito

Character designer: Katsuzo Hirata (Hand Maid May, Angel Beats!)

Chief animation director: Miyabi Koseki, Naoki Uchiyama

Music: Satoru Kousaki (Haruhi Suzumiya series), MONAKA (Aikatsu!)

Anime production: Studio GOKUMI x AXsiZ (Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood)

Production: Farm Class

Synopsis:

Four 19-year-old girls: Fubuki Kitakaze, Mafuyu Kogarashi, Rin Shintani, and Nayuta Asougi, who aim to become professional comedians, practice their joke materials hard while working as a part-time worker day and night. Their motto is "Make everyone happy with laughter! then their happiness makes us happy, too." But the success is still far away from them.

Their goal is to stand on the stage of Namba Grand Kagetsu, which is considered as "Budokan in the comedy entertainment world." But for now, they have decided to try to be on the nearest stage for them, the lowest level of Mugendai Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, called "Farm Class." This is a struggling success story of the eight girls in four units.

"MAESETSU! - Opening Act-" teaser visual:

Source: Anime "Maesetsu!" official website

By: [email protected]

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macorion · 7 years ago

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Rakuten Girl’s Award Autumn/Winter 2017 dilaksanakan di Makuhari Messe pada hari ini, tanggal 16 September 2017. Member-member Sakamichi ikut serta di event ini dan kali ini, aku akan membuat polling siapa best dresser di event ini. Dan aku akan member my-not-so-amateur-not-yet-expert review tentang Girl’s Award kali ini.

Dibagi menjadi dua show, dimana 1st show adalah stage milik GUESS, Bershka, dan GYDA sementara 2nd show untuk dazzlin, Schoffel, dan evelyn. Dan yang terakhir adalah special stage; NYLON GUYS × 超特急 × Schoffel, NYLON JAPAN × EVRIS, dan non-no × Two Faces.

Langsung saja, ini dia.

GUESS Stage

Eto Misa

Misa membuka penampilan Sakamichi dengan muncul di GUESS stage. Official model dari Bijin Hyakka ini tampil dengan balutan jaket denim diatas tee GUESS dan rok kulit hitam. Secara umum Misa membawa tema sedikit old school rock, terutama karena tee yang masuk. Stocking hitam dan bando merah menyempurnakan penampilan Misa.

Moriya Akane

Aka tampil dengan tema yang mirip-mirip dengan Misa. Bedanya, kali ini bahan kulit digunakan pada jaket sementara Aka mengenakan dress merah -no pun intended- selutut. Well, untukku mungkin sedikit pain jika bahan kulit digunakan untuk fall, dan juga, baguette bag yang berwarna biru sedikit mismatch.

Bershka Stage

Habu Mizuho

Mizuho tampil beda dengan memotong pendek rambutnya. Dan ini memberi kesan yang berbeda terutama karena monotone outfit yang dipakainya. Edgy. Dan menurut pengalamanku, Mizuho memang tipikal model yang sempurna, maka aku masih akan menjagokan dia menjadi M-Series selanjutnya. Sayangnya, penampilannya tidak memberi impact yang long-lasting.

Shida Manaka

Mona mengingatkan pada era rock 70’s. Itu dari top half. Light smoky makeup, nets, AC-DC tee dan anting besar menjadi ciri era ini. Belt yang dipakai diluar memang sedikit miss, dan aku tidak begitu menyukai bottom half. Bordeaux-style berwarna ungu tidak memberi impresi bagus untukku, ini memang khas 70’s juga tapi miss, apalagi dipadu boots hitam.

GYDA Stage

Kato Shiho

Katoshi menjadi viral di twitter karena penampilannya di event ini. Bold menjadi kata yang cukup menggambarkan. Top fur dimana bahan ini dipakai untuk outer dan tanktop, dengan warna yang tabrakan menjadi enak dilihat. Denim beraksen robek menambah kesan cool girl. Dan satu lagi, make-up & hairdo mendapat nilai penuh dariku.

RAY x dazzlin Stage

Shiraishi Mai

Top batter adalah Maiyan yang tampil simple dengan white tops yang anggun dan rok selutut bermotif kotak-kotak berwarna beige. Simple outfit, tapi Maiyan bisa membuat ini terlihat trendi meski sebenarnya sangat jadul. Bowler juga menambah kesan itu, tapi karena ini simpel, mungkin bisa menjadi tren baru.

dazzlin Stage

Nishino Nanase

Naachan tampil dengan jaket bulu berwarna peach diatas t-top & shorts. Ditambah anting yang terbuat dari bahan senada membuatku berpikir ini sedikit over. Tapi lupakan itu, karena daya tarik utama dari outfit ini adalah kaki, kaki, dan…..er, kaki. Sedikit mengingatkan pada tren beberapa tahun lalu.

Kitano Hinako

Hitam di blouse & boots. Kuning di dress. Paduan yang simple tapi menarik, tapi karena preferensi pribadi, aku kurang suka dengan ini. It hidden the line! Padahal dari segi panjang roknya, memperlihatkan sedikit line akan lebih bagus. Yah, dua hal ini menurutku cukup kontra, jadi aku tidak bisa memberi kredit ekstra untuk Kiichan.

Watanabe Rika

Pechan tampil dengan image khasnya. Dan ini ditunjang dengan cute outfit. Pastel colored coat yang berdesain menarik -sedikit mengingatkan pada kostum Futari?- dan rok panjang selutut bermotif bunga, outfit ini menunjukkan proporsi Berika dengan bagus. Satu lagi, ini adalah footwear favoritku dari event ini.

Matsumura Sayuri

Far, far better than before. Menyaingi Naachan dari daya tarik outfit -for good reason- tapi sayang, cardigan, urgh. Jika aku melihat tanpa cardigan, maka ini adalah yang terbaik. Mini dress bermotif bunga, boots coklat, bucket berwarna senada, dan Sayuringo yang sepertinya diet setelah event sebelumnya menunjukkan kelas dan jam terbang official model CanCam ini.

Hori Miona

Model ar ini tampil casual dengan miniskirt kuning dan top hijau dibalut jaket coklat. Nah, aku bisa melihat ini menjadi tren di kalangan OL, karena casual is the best. Dengan outfit ini, maka kesan profesional dan santai bisa didapat.

evelyn Stage

Kobayashi Yui

Berminat masuk dalam open shoulder alliance? Yuipon mengenakan outfit a la Manatsu disini, dan jika ingatanku tidak salah, rasanya memang pernah dipakai Manatsu. Tapi lupakan saja, karena dia terlihat dazzling. This is one beautiful outfit, membuat berandai-andai kalau saja kostum 5th single Keyaki nanti seperti ini.

Saito Asuka

My baby Ashu tampil dengan boots hitam selutut dan minidress senada. Hal ini menunjukkan warna Ashurin tapi paduan pink fur jacket membuat kesan manis. Satu-satunya kekurangan dari sini mungkin hanya tidak semua orang bisa terlihat menarik mengenakan outfit ini.

NYLON JAPAN × EVRIS Stage

Sakurai Reika

Capt debut di runway setelah menjadi official model Nylon Japan beberapa waktu lalu. Dengan outfit yang dewasa, Capt juga ikut flirty dengan ‘undressing’ menunjukkan shoulderless top dengan aksen jaring. Baret yang juga berwarna marun dan bomber jacket hijau sebenarnya bagus, hanya saja rok bermotif bunga yang jumbo seperti itu agak meh.

non-no × Two Faces Stage

Watanabe Risa & Nishino Nanase

Kombi official model non-no ini tampil di stage majalah mereka. Penampilan kedua Naachan setelah dazzlin stage, kali ini Naachan tampil dengan gaun putih dengan top marun dan rok pastel pink panjang. Sementara Risa mengenakan gaun kuning dengan dress terusan marun.

Berjalan bersama dengan membawa teddy bear besar, menjadi viral karena disebut “too cute gestures” dari representatif dua sister group ini. Yang disayangkan hanyalah bagian Risa di event ini jadi terlalu kecil.

Seventeen × WEGO × Shiratan

Kubo Shiori

Well, sebenarnya aku juga heran karena di web resmi Rakuten collaboration stage ini tidak tercantum. Tapi mungkin juga aku yang keliru. Well, Kuboshi tampil dengan sesama model Seventeen Kuma Rika -kalau ini benar- dan tampil di akhir. Tampil dengan loose outfit, hal ini cocok untuk menyamarkan tipe tubuh yang kurus seperti Kuboshi, dan dari segi fashion, ini adalah langkah yang bagus. Bayangkan promosi yang akan didapat dari photoshoot.

Begitulah review-not-so-amateur-not-yet-expert dariku tentang event ini. Mungkin aku bukan expert dalam fashion, tapi sebagai orang yang pernah bekerja di bidang ini, aku paham kalau fashion memang ada untuk dinikmati saja dan tidak perlu dipikir terlalu dalam, karena fashion bukan ilmu pasti.

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merryfortune · 4 years ago

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Saving the Best for Last

Relationship: Asuka/Manatsu

Fandom: Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure

Word Count: 2.1k

Tags: Canon Compliant, Missing Scene Fic, Fluff, Pre-Slash, Pining, Coda

Synopsis: Manatsu wants to thank Asuka for inspiring her to try something new with her eating habits.

Manatsu could almost feel her reflexes fighting against her as she moved her chopsticks towards the simmered pumpkins that she had prepared over her usual selection of eating her favourite meat patty first. It was so incredibly tempted to switch back to her normal habits but Manatsu was strong and it was totally worth it. Both for Asuka’s sake, of trying something new, but also for the sake of her mother found it amusing but welcome to see Manatsu change things up.

Her mother delighted to enjoy the simmered pumpkins between them both first. She beamed as she enjoyed them; they were a little wonky regarding flavour and texture but as Manatsu’s mother, Aoi couldn’t have been prouder that her daughter wanted to take up more responsibility around the house and was even taking so much initiative. It made her heart swell and so, she happily ate the simmered pumpkin. Seeing how much hard work Manatsu had put into making it all made it all the tastier.

Very quietly, to herself, Manatsu was aware of the flaws in what she had prepared for herself and her mother, but she ate eagerly regardless. It mightn’t have been her mother’s cooking, but it was her own and she was proud of that. Not to mention, when she had finally eaten through all her side dishes – the cherry tomatoes and the broccoli and even the omelette – the hamburger patty really did taste fantastic at the end of it.

Manatsu couldn’t believe it. Asuka’s advice was unreal. Maybe patience really was a virtue after all. She had been a little bit worried that her meat patty might have cooled down too much but she guess that wasn’t really a problem given how she had devoured her side dishes in preparation of her main course. And it really was worth it. It was a little bit burnt on the underside but Manatsu ate it enthusiastically, nonetheless. It was super tasty with all the other merged flavours of the previous side dishes on her palette.

She just had to thank Asuka later. Her smile permeated the whole of her demeanour as she swallowed down her meat patty.

“You look happy with yourself.” her mother chipperly piped up – and interrupting her reveries.

Manatsu’s eyes went wide and she could have choked on her own spit. She could feel the warm blush in her cheeks and now her ears and it was just getting worse as she realised, she was daydreaming about her friend before her mother had spoken. Aoi, however, only laughed.

“Nothing wrong with enjoying your own food, it’s a good skill to have, believe it or not. Especially when you’re just starting out and experimenting, you don’t want to waste food after all.” Her mother made blithe conversation.

Manatsu giggled awkwardly, pinching tightly onto her chopsticks and tried desperately hard not to think about the fact that she had been thinking about Asuka. She very much wanted to believe the hot blush she felt was because she had been interrupted daydreaming and nothing else. And its not like it was a weird daydream or anything.

She was just thinking about Asuka. Asuka and her pretty, shiny, long, red hair. And her pretty purple eyes which were always so sharp and intense. It was intruging. But enough of that. What Manatsu was really thinking about – and definitely not Asuka’s nimble hands or her tall, fit physique – was that she wanted to practice saying thank you to her very friend. It was kind of important, after all as Manatsu wasn’t exactly the most patient person in the world so Asuka being that anchor of serenity meant a lot to her. She hadn’t enjoyed a meal like this in so long and being so busy, especially with her own family, which was so much bigger than Manatsu’s, she just had to say thank you.

“Thanks for dinner, dear,” her mother said to her – Manatsu blinked, when had her mother cleared the table like that?! – having finished her plates, “I’ll wash up, if you like, it’s only fair.”

“N-No way!” Manatsu rebuked her, rocketing to her feet, making the dinner table tremble and rock in her wake. “You clean up all the time after all the tropica-shining dinners that you make so its only fair that I clean up after tonight!”

Her mother blinked. She hadn’t expected being roared at but given that Manatsu was offering to do chores, she didn’t mind too much. She laughed and let Manatsu go about to the kitchen to do the clean-up.

Manatsu grabbed all the crockery and cutlery off the table to all but immediately dump it in the sink. She all but ripped the faucet out as she tried to turn it on and was incredibly aggressive as she scrubbed them down with hot, soapy water. But at least the job got done quickly and more surprisingly, thoroughly. Her mother was very impressed to see the various plates sparkle once Manatsu was done with them.

“Good job.” she praised her.

Manatsu sighed. She drooped with exhaustion. “Thanks, Mum.”

“Off to bed now, I take it?” she asked.

Manatsu nodded.

She had wanted to do more but scrub the dishes clean, she wanted to scrub her mind of all her over-thinking. It was totally unlike her, but it was really frazzling her. It was bizarre just how thinking about and daydreaming about thanking Asuka for something so cosmically insignificant in the grand scheme of things was doing this to her. So, just as exuberantly as she had marched to the kitchen, Manatsu marched to her room to go to bed.

Even Laura found it strange.

Manatsu tore off her evening clothes and got into her pyjamas, trying to force her head through her sleeve before realising that she had it around the wrong way – and also inside out.

Laura sighed. Humans were a different species to mermaids, and she found them rather incomprehensible and then there was Manatsu. Manatsu, Laura was fairly certain, was another species against compared to the other humans that she had since had the mixed pleasure of observing since emerging from the depths of the ocean in search of the Pretty Cure.

So, rather than flopping out of the Mermaid Aqua Pot to have some quality time with Manatsu who had finally, blessedly, figured out that her head was not supposed to be going into the sleeve of her sleep shirt, Laura settled back down into her own, clam shell-like bed with Kururun who yammered aloud with happy snoring. Laura felt the same. It had been a long day filled with good food and there was nothing better than going to sleep after a day like that.

Even Manatsu, for all her vigour and boundless enthusiasm, had to agree.

Though, she did wrestle with her sheets and her pillow a lot that night as she tried her very best not to think about how she was over thinking something as simple as wanting to say thank you to Asuka.

To no surprise at all, Manatsu woke up the following morning looking like a visible wreck. She had bags under eyes and the usual pep to her step wasn’t quite there. Fortunately, unlike most people who had had a horrid sleep the night before, Manatsu had the advantage of being Manatsu and by the time she had her breakfast, drunk some water, and brushed her teeth, she had more than perked up.

With little resistance, Manatsu was ready for school so she grabbed the Mermaid Aqua Pot from atop her desk and bolted out the door thereafter. She heard Laura shrieking in protest of being manhandled so carelessly Manatsu hardly cared. It was far too important that she arrived at school early so that she could catch Asuka before classes.

With the Mermaid Aqua Pot stuffed in her schoolbag, Manatsu came flying past the school gates and in the blur of the wind and the scenery, she caught a glimpse of red. Shiny, sparkling red. And her heart leapt to her throat. Asuka.

Manatsu smiled a wriggling smile as she cooled off her hot heels. She swerved hard at the tip of how straightforward careening through the quadrangle so she could catch up to Asuka who was still standing by the gates, looking bewildered and gobdmacked at the tornado that had just past her by.

Manatsu smiled wonkily as she ignored Laura’s complaints about her royal chariot was treating her this morning as she approached Asuka. Stiff-legged and eyes wide.

“Okay…. Someone’s acting a little strange this morning,” Asuka said in lieu of a greeting.

Manatsu laughed, straightening up her back and toying with her hair, all shoddily putt up in her usual ponytail but there was bubbles and streaks amid it. “Good morning, Asuka.” Her tone was dragged on.

“Good morning to you to, Manatsu,” Asuka replied, and she folded her arms, her brow quirked, “I have a feeling you want something from me? Something that can’t wait until club activities, it seems.”

“Yep!” Manatsu chirped. “I, er, wanted to say thank you. For yesterday.”

“Oh, yeah, no worries.” Asuka said and she flashed a simmering smile. “I had fun too, teaching everyone to cook.”

“Oh! Um, not that specifically but thank you again for doing it.” Manatsu said. “I tried it last night. Saving the best ‘til last, that is. And it was super-duper delicious. More delicious than usual. Thank you.”

Asuka’s eyelashes fluttered as she was thanked for such an unusual but small thing. She smiled shyly.

“Thanks, Manatsu, and, um, funnily enough…” Her voice trailed off, so she had to clear her throat. “I tried your style of eating last night too.” She confessed quietly.

“No… way…” Manatsu gasped.

“Yes, way.” Asuka laughed awkwardly. “And it turns out, I do prefer my style of eating my favourite things last but its really cute how you put your passions first rather than making them last. I feel like I understand you a bit better now.”

Manatsu blinked. “Really?”

“Really.” Asuka smiled.

“Thanks…” Manatsu smiled too. A big and huge smile that made her eyes truly shine – and that almost detracted from the fact that her cheeks had gone a bit red too.

“Anyways, I was going to help out with the soccer club this morning, they wanted an extra hand to re-pump up some balls and, well, I couldn’t say no for some reason so if you would excuse me but you did catch me at a good time.” Asuka said.

“Yeah, sure go ahead.” Manatsu replied.

Asuka’s arms slipped down from in front of her, she put one hand on her hip and said, “See you later at club activities. I’m looking forward to them more and more.”

“Me too.” Manatsu agreed eagerly. “See you later.”

Asuka smiled and she nodded her head. She sashayed off and Manatsu watched. She felt her heart throb in her chest and was becoming all too aware of just how red her face was getting. Almost as red as Asuka’s hair, she would reckon.

Sighing, Laura poked her head of both Manatsu’s pocket and the dimensional window of the Mermaid Aqua Pot, “You are behaving rather irregularly this morning, Manatsu, just what has…?” Laura’s voice trailed off as she took note of Manatsu’s demeanour. She nodded her head sagely. “Oh, I see now. Someone’s been pinched by the crab.”

“Huh? What crab?” Manatsu asked, all but jumping out of her skin. She didn’t feel pinched by a crab.

Laura just laughed knowingly. “You know… the crab. The one that makes people behave irregularly, even people like you, Manatsu.”

“I don’t get it.” Manatsu whined.

“In due time,” Laura said, “now don’t you have a classroom to get to? Perhaps some homework to do, I don’t recall you doing any last night and didn’t you mention, the day before, there would be a pop quiz today?”

From one extreme – tomato red – to another – white as a piece of paper – Manatsu’s face changed. She had totally forgotten about that pop quiz; she was originally planning to study last night but then things changed because of the Yarane-da and, of course, because she couldn’t stop thinking about Asuka. Manatsu groaned and felt all her energy deflate.

“Let’s go to the library and study there, yeah?” Manatsu suggested.

“It’s your test, not mine.” Laura pointed out before disappearing back into the depths of her mobile home.

Manatsu then wandered off, just hoping she wouldn’t fail if she threw everything that she could at that test but it sure was weird these past couple days. She was happy too though. She had tried Asuka’s way of eating and apparently Asuka had tried her way, even if it did fail her a bit. It still got her heart racing, perking her up even on the brink of scholastic disaster.

She still didn’t get what Laura meant by being pinched as Manatsu most definitely did not feel pinched. Even in a pinch like this one.

#femslash #tropical rouge pretty cure #precure #tropical rouge #cure summer #cure flamingo #asuka x manatsu #manatsu x asuka #manatsu natsumi #natsumi manatsu #asuka takizawa #takizawa asuka #writing tag #saving the best for last

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macorion · 7 years ago

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Dalam solar system, kita mengenal 8 planet resmi; Merkurius, Venus, Bumi, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, dan Neptunus. Sebelumnya kita mengenal ada 9 planet, dengan Pluto sebagai yang kesembilan. Tapi itu kini tidak berlaku lagi. Perdebatan tentang planet kesembilan dalam solar system masih berlanjut hingga saat ini, karena definisi “planet” yang dikeluarkan International Astronomical Union masih tidak disepakati semua pihak.

Pluto diturunkan menjadi dwarf planet di tahun 2006, dan penemuan beberapa dwarf planet memunculkan spekulasi bahwa jauh di belakang Kuiper Belt, di area terluar sebelum Oort Cloud, masih terdapat planet lain, bisa dibilang tetangga kita yang ada di ujung jalan. Sejak 1840, pencarian akan “Planet X” berakhir pada penemuan Neptunus di tahun 1846. Neptunus ditemukan berkat kalkulasi Urbain le Verrier berdasarkan gangguan pada orbit Uranus.

Di tahun 1900, Percival Lowell menciptakan observatorium yang dimaksudkan untuk menemukan Planet X. Lowell meninggal sebelum mencapai tujuannya, tapi Clyde Tombaugh menemukan Pluto melalui observatorium Lowell. Hanya memiliki massa 1/500 Bumi, Pluto tidak berada di kelas yang sama dengan planet pada umumnya. Hal ini juga tidak menerangkan adanya gangguan di orbit Neptunus, jadi pencarian masih berlanjut.

Di 2003, Sedna ditemukan dengan orbit elips 100-900 kali lebih jauh dari orbit Bumi. 2012 VP113 juga memiliki orbit elips yang sama. Begitu juga dengan empat dwarf planet lain. Orbit yang elips dan hanya di satu arah ini diteorikan akibat adanya obyek sangat berat yang mengorbit Matahari dengan jarak 600-1200 kali lebih jauh dari orbit Bumi.

Satu teori oleh Konstantin Batygin dan Michael E. Brown dari Caltech mengungkapkan 9th planet mengorbit matahari dengan jarak yang tak terbayangkan; 15.000 tahun untuk menyelesaikan satu kali orbit. Teory Batygin dan Brown ini masih harus dibuktikan kebenarannya, karena masih belum ditemukannya Planet Nine sampai saat ini. Super-earth biasanya berukuran 2-4 diameter Bumi, dan memang meragukan jika obyek sebesar ini masih belum ditemukan.

Keberadaan Planet Nine, jika memang ada, akan membuat manusia selangkah lebih maju dalam sains. Oke, aku sama sekali bukan kaum Flat Earth, I’m pretty much scientifically-based person. Bahkan bukan tidak mungkin, SpaceX akan mengalihkan fokus mereka pada Planet Nine alih-alih Centauri.

Sama seperti kedelapan planet di solar system, kita melihat delapan member sudah pernah merasakan zero position. Jika diurutkan; Ikoma Rina, Shiraisi Mai, Hori Miona, Nishino Nanase, Ikuta Erika, Fukagawa Mai, Saito Asuka, dan Hashimoto Nanami. Semua memiliki cerita sendiri selama 17 single, kini di 18th single, aku berharap pada Planet Nine, center baru yang akan mengisi posisi ini.

Dan bukan sekedar center baru, aku memprediksi bahwa nama-nama besar, yang belum pernah merasakan posisi center, terlibat dalam pemilihan center. Planet Nine dikatakan adalah Super-Earth, tapi tidak mencapai level Gas Giants. Jadi, mungkin dari sini sudah bisa ditebak siapa pilihan utamaku.

Untuk formasi, aku akan memprediksi sedikit lebih kecil dari Influencer, yaitu 20-nin senbatsu. Sementara untuk formasi, kembali dengan 9-6-5, aku lebih suka Fukujin dikembalikan menjadi lebih sedikit atau setidaknya tidak terus menambahnya menjadi Jyuu Fukujin+1/2 ketimbang terus memperbesar jumlahnya.

3rd row

Watanabe Miria (▲ newcomer Under)

Dalam 4 single terakhir, Under center selalu dipromosikan ke senbatsu single berikutnya; Miona, Hime, Hinachima, dan terakhir Ranze. Jadi tak muluk-muluk jika Miria akan naik kelas kali ini. Selain itu, Miria mendapat spotlight-nya saat ini, tak ada alasan dia tidak dinaikkan ke senbatsu.

Ikoma Rina (▼ 2nd row)

Jika harus memilih, Ikoma mungkin kembali terlempar dari Fukujin. Kembali ke Fukujin di Influencer, Ikoma juga terpilih untuk berperan di stage play Asahinagu. Tapi dengan penerimaan publik yang terbilang rendah, maka praktis tidak ada lagi senjata Ikoma untuk bersaing di Fukujin. Di Influencer Ikoma memecahkan rekor HS, tapi kembali kesulitan di Umaretekara.

Higuchi Hina (- 3rd row)

Hinachima kembali ke senbatsu di Influencer, ada peluang kembali ke Under -cukup besar malah- tapi firasatku dia akan bertahan kali ini. Tidak ada sesuatu yang bisa menjadi faktor pendukung keberadaan Hinachima di senbatsu memang, tapi Hinachima adalah salah satu member magnet bagi majalah.

Hoshino Minami (- 3rd row)

Aku tidak melihat progress naik dari Hoshi selama Influencer, dan sudah keberuntungan dia tidak turun ke Under kali ini. Yah, allow me to be frank dan bertanya satu hal; dimana Hoshimina selama 3 bulan terakhir ini? Well, satu-satunya jawabanku untuk ini hanyalah Mangetsu ga Kieta.

Shinuchi Mai (- 3rd row)

OL-san ini tidak akan turun ke Under. Popularitas Maichun sekarang bukan main-main, sampai bisa dibilang menginspiratif adanya idol group yang seluruh membernya adalah OL sekarang. Di Influencer dia sempat diragukan akan bertahan di Senbatsu, tapi malah bertahan dan kali ini dengan popularitas yang semakin naik, maka sulit membayangkannya turun ke Under.

Kitano Hinako (- 3rd row)

Dengan (rumor) photobook yang sudah berlangsung sejak awal tahun, Kiichan sepertinya mustahil akan turun ke Under. Memang belum ada kejelasan soal PB Kiichan, tapi bisa saja dirilis saat 18th rilis bertepatan dengan masa promosi. Jadi, taruhan aman adalah Kiichan bertahan.

Ito Marika (- 3rd row)

Menambah filmography-nya di awal tahun dan kembali ke layar lebar di Asahinagu, peluang Bebitan seharusnya besar untuk menembus 2nd row tapi apa daya, dia bukan management darling jadi aku tidak berharap banyak pada kemungkinan ini. Harapan tentu ada tapi harus tahu diri juga.

Inoue Sayuri (- 3rd row)

Sayujustice masih tetap (dan selalu) akan ada di 3rd row. Sama seperti Bebitan, dia mendapat peran di Asahinagu meski hanya di stage play. Tidak ada yang membagikan review stage play ini jadi aku tidak bisa menyimpulkan, tapi kemungkinan Sayu bertahan di senbatsu sama besarnya dengan bulan.

Nakamoto Himeka (▲ absent)

Sedikit ragu untuk ini, karena track record Hime yang tidak menjadi pilihan utama soal senbatsu. Kembali ke sesi HS di Umaretekara, Hime sekarang hanya membutuhkan 5 slot lagi untuk SO, padahal dia juga mendapat jatah full. Fans Hime tidak main-main untuk 18th, meski kemungkinannya masih 50-50.

2nd row

Akimoto Manatsu (▼ front row)

Mendapat front row di Influencer karena PB, jadi Manatsu akan kembali ke “habitatnya” di 2nd row. Tidak ada alasan yang pasti, karena Manatsu adalah permanen disini. Yah, mungkin jika Miria benar-benar naik ke senbatsu, maka Manatsu bisa dibilang berhasil “mempromosikan” anggotanya.

Wakatsuki Yumi (- 2nd row)

Inuyasha bisa dibilang berhasil menarik penonton, sampai-sampai disiarkan di TV. Yumi juga akan kembali memainkan stage play keempatnya akhir tahun ini, jadi kemungkinan dia masih akan tetap di-push untuk sementara waktu ini. Dan lagi, jangan lupa dia juga ambil bagian di Asahinagu.

Ikuta Erika (- 2nd row)

Sama seperti alasan kenapa Ikuchan turun ke 2nd row di Influencer, kali ini stage play Mozart menjadi kambing hitam. Jadwal menjadi alasan utama. Sampai sekarang belum ada informasi apakah Ikuchan juga akan kembali absen di HS. Kalau sampai absen total lagi, dia akan kembali di-bash oleh fans. Wajar saja sebenarnya.

Matsumura Sayuri (- 2nd row)

Sayuringo mendapat jumlah individual jobs paling banyak bagi dirinya selama Influencer, meski harus dikompensasi dengan absen total dari HS Influencer. Seiyuu di Clione no Akari dan Dragon Kingdom, Musikal FILL-IN, dan film Asahinagu, Sayuringo mengamankan posisi Fukujin. Selain itu bisa dikatakan popularitasnya semakin membaik.

Sakurai Reika (- 2nd row)

Capt kemungkinan bertahan atau kembali ke 3rd row kali ini. Dia mendapat cukup banyak individual jobs yang menggaransi satu tempat aman, termasuk di movie Asahinagu. Partisipasinya dalam Hangul de Kouza juga menarik perhatian dan simpati dari penggemar K-Pop.

Takayama Kazumi (- 2nd row)

Well, sama seperti Manatsu, Kaz adalah penghuni nyaris permanen 2nd row. Sudah bertahun-tahun sejak dia terlempar dari Fukujin, dan aku tidak melihat itu akan terulang dalam waktu dekat. Yah sebagai salah satu main vocalist Nogi, memang sebaiknya Kaz ada di posisi ini.

Front row

Shiraishi Mai (- front row)

Double Suns, nuff said. Well, sekarang Maiyan mendapat predikat sebagai pemilik photobook terlaris 2017, sesuatu yang membuatnya lengser dari front row adalah kemustahilan. Sejujurnya, bukan tidak mungkin dia akan menjadi center 18th jika manajemen memanfaatkan momentumnya. Kandidat terkuat untuk center kali ini, tapi prediksiku berbeda.

Saito Asuka (- front row)

Asahinagu versi stage play memang flop, tapi itu tidak terlalu mempengaruhi popularitas Ashurin. Sebagai center dari summer single sebelumnya, Ashurin akan bertahan di front row. Selain itu, gelombang regenerasi sedang berjalan, jadi bisa saja Ashurin menggeser Double Suns dari sisi center.

Eto Misa (- front row)

Misa kembali menjadi member pilihan utamaku untuk menjadi center. Planet Nine, menjadikan Misa center tidak akan ditentang karena dia memang layak. Selain itu, kali ini adalah summer single, Misa punya semua kualitas center untuk musim panas. Selain itu, analisis Planet Nine adalah “dekat tapi begitu jauh”, cukup kan untuk menggambarkan?

Hori Miona (- front row)

Miona kembali ke front row dalam 3 tahun di Influencer, dan posisinya bersama Ashurin mengapit WCenter. Jadi tidak salah kalau dia bertahan di posisi ini. Yah, memang hal ini bisa memancing fanbase member lain, apalagi jika dilihat, selain menjadi official model ar, Miona memiliki gigs sebagai MC radio.

Nishino Nanase (- front row)

Setelah menjadi WCenter, aku rasa Naachan out dari kandidat center kali ini. Apalagi dia bukan pilihan utama untuk center summer single. Pilihan untuk Naachan memang hanya front row, tapi itu dibayar dengan baik selama ini. Kali ini, lebih bijak membuat Naachan mengalah pada AshuMiona, sama seperti Maiyan.

17th Senbatsu Final Prediction

Watanabe Miria-Ikoma Rina-Higuchi Hina-Hoshino Minami-Shinuchi Mai-Kitano Hinako-Ito Marika-Inoue Sayuri-Nakamoto Himeka

Akimoto Manatsu-Wakatsuki Yumi-Ikuta Erika-Matsumura Sayuri-Sakurai Reika-Takayama Kazumi

Shiraishi Mai-Saito Asuka-Eto Misa-Hori Miona-Nishino Nanase

Sadly Out

Aku tidak menemukan alasan Ranze bisa bertahan, bahkan ide rotasi dengan Renachi terbilang masuk akal. Dia tidak memberi kesan istimewa dan sangat mungkin dikembalikan ke Under. Hal yang sama berlaku untuk Kanarin dan Yuttan. Hinachima juga termasuk tapi mungkin dia punya posisi sedikit lebih kuat sebagai member eye candy.

Another Scenario

21-nin senbatsu, dengan formasi yang sama hanya ditambah dengan Ranze. Jika Hinachima bertahan dari Influencer, aku tidak melihat alasan Ranze tidak bisa. Skenario lain adalah dengan membagi Senbatsu dan Under menjadi sama 23 member, maka opsi member 21-nin ditambah dengan Renachi dan atau Aachan, yang menjadi Tridente di Under Influencer. Jujur aku akan lebih memilih mereka ketimbang Kanarin dan Yuttan.

Member-member Under yang mungkin bisa naik ke senbatsu kali ini termasuk Renachi dan Kotoko. Atau jika melihat senbatsu Influencer yang penuh kejutan, bisa saja ada nama lain yang mendadak dipromosikan ke senbatsu. Aku masih menunggu enam member Gen 2 untuk akhirnya naik kelas.

Conclusion

18th single adalah single penting dimana kemungkinan besar mimpi 1M akan terwujud kali ini. Apalagi, Nogi kini menikmati nilai atensi publik tertinggi, meski belum bisa dikatakan sebagai national idol group. Nogi memiliki Sampo, tapi Louhi dan Pohjola masih mengintai.

Selain itu, ini adalah summer single, mengingat track record Nogi yang kurang bagus dengan summer single, butuh sesuatu yang lebih. Tahun lalu saat Ashurin menjadi center, hype didapat karena seperti jaminan bahwa akhirnya member generasi lebih muda akan mengambil alih. Tidak kejadian di 16th dan 17th, tapi langkah kesana sudah terlihat.

Memasukkan member Gen 3 ke senbatsu sekarang lebih seperti taruhan nekad untukku. Fandom Nogi relatif lebih resistan terhadap airdropped push, buktinya sudah banyak, dan kecuali memang butuh langkah ekstrim ini sekali lagi, aku masih menentang melemparkan member Gen 3 ke senbatsu, apalagi jika mereka belum dilebur kedalam Under.

Untungnya, Kuboshi keceplosan mengatakan bahwa kali ini, tidak akan ada Gen 3 di senbatsu. Kiichan kedua? 😀

Lebih baik stick pada formula aman kali ini, mengingat banyak hal yang dipertaruhkan apalagi jika lagunya (kembali) so-so. Senbatsu harus disesuaikan dengan musimnya, dan Planet Nine, member yang sudah terkenal di luar dan dalam fandom, sebagai center akan menjadi pilihan terbaik untuk musim panas ini.

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